i love ryan. he always sees the glass half-full. i blushed when i heard the number. [ laughter ] >> just to put that one statement in perspective, if you look at gdp growth, knowledgeable gdp growth, it says it should be around 3%. that would not kill the economy. we have from zero to 3% before the economy really gets her. i agree with charles, the market can go up even if the fed does raise rates. connell: the idea that you do not have to like the politics. you can like the market. you are not a big fan of some of the things happening in d.c. why does the economy and stock market continued to either do okay or much better than okay? >> this is a great question. on one side we have all of these negative policies. on the other side, is the drivers of growth. inventions, you know, the cloud, smart phones, fracking, 3d printing. we are always trying to balance those two things out. i think this scale and up tipping towards growth. it is not booming like it did in the 90s. it overpowers the negative stuff right now. connell: if at some